Hardcore_'81

<i>Hardcore '81</i>

Hardcore '81

1981 studio album by D.O.A.

Hardcore '81 is an album by the Canadian hardcore punk band D.O.A.[2][3][4] It is considered by some to be the first time that a certain style of punk rock was labeled hardcore.[5][6]

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In 2019, the album was named as the public vote winner of the Polaris Heritage Prize.[7][8]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Joey Shithead, except where noted

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  • Some CD re-issues of Hardcore '81 include four bonus tracks from the EP Don't Turn Yer Back (On Desperate Times)

Personnel

Tracy Marks - acoustic piano on "Unknown" also engineered the album

References

  1. [1]
    Allmusic review
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    "D.O.A."
  3. [3]
    Stegall, Tim (April 14, 2020). "These 15 punk records from 1981 have some of the year's best music". Alternative Press.
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    Guides (Firm), Rough (July 3, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
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    Paul Rachman (director), Steven Blush (writer), Dez Cadena (starring), Dave Smalley (starring) (2007-02-20). American Hardcore (flv) (Documentary). United States: Sony Pictures. Retrieved 2008-12-18. Joey "Shithead" Keithley of D.O.A.: "We had one big show up there [Vancouver]. It was us, Black Flag, and 7 Seconds, and it was called Hardcore 81, so it was the first time anyone really used that term."
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    Blush, Steven; Petros, George (October 19, 2010). American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History. Feral House. ISBN 9781932595987 – via Google Books.
  7. [7]
    Karen Bliss, "D.O.A. and Oscar Peterson Win Polaris Heritage Prize for Classic Albums". Billboard, November 5, 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Vancouver punk rockers DOA earn Polaris Prize heritage award". Vancouver Sun.


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